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Consider recommendations regarding Smoke on Water Cachuma Lake Café Concession Agreement, Third District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Concession Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara (County) and Smoke on Water (Concessioner), to allow Concessioner to operate and manage the Lake Cachuma Marina Café (Café) for a term of ten (10) years, with one option to extend the term for an additional eight (8) years. Concessioner will pay to County a special use fee (Fee) of Eight Percent (8%) of Concessioners monthly income, or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) whichever is greater;
b) Authorize the Director of the Community Services Department to exercise the first and only option to extend the term of the Concession Agreement for an additional eight (8) years, from April 1, 2029 through March 14, 2037, provided that the Concessioner is not in default under the terms of the Concession Agreement; and
c) Find that the recommended actions are exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA guidelines section 15301 as the actions consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing or minor alteration of existing public structures, facilities and/or equipment that involves negligible or no expansion of existing or former uses and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on that basis.